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Personal profile
Research
My research focuses on narratives and the many ways in which narratives influence modern people's lives and coexistence. I am particularly interested in experimental and unusual narratives, both those found in art and literature and those found in current public rhetoric. Currently, I am researching the altered functions of narratives in digital media environments by examining, for example, memes, extreme political rhetoric, campaign rhetoric, and synthetic media and AI.
Teaching
I teach in the Rhetoric program (Rhetorical Criticism, Narrative and Visual Rhetoric), in the program for Scandinavian Studies (literary history, literary analysis) as well as in Humanistic Conflict Studies. As the head of the PhD program in Art, Literature and Cultural Studies, I teach a range of PhD courses, including the international Summer Course in Narrative Studies. Currently, I supervise three PhD students in rhetorical projects. I have supervised more than 80 Master Theses. I am a member of the national examination corps for Danish (literature, media, and language) and for Rhetoric.
Keywords
- Literary epochs
- 20th century
- Decadence
- Modernism
- Realism
- 19th Century
- Rhetorical analysis
- Narrative Rhetoric
- Visual Rhetoric
- Multimodal Rhetoric
- Narrativity/storytelling
- Digital literature, narration/storytelling, hypertext
- Multimodality
- Text theory and analysis
- Narrative theory
- Witness Literature
- Cultural Memory
- Deconstruction
- Fictionality
- Unnatural Narratology
- Poetics, poetry and philosophy
- Theories of learning
- Political rhetoric
- Identity
- Globalisation
Areas of expertise
- Narrative and Narrative Theory
- Rhetoric
- Danish Literature
- Digital Media
- Johannes V. Jensen
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Center for Fictionality Studies
Zetterberg-Nielsen, S. (Participant), Zetterberg-Nielsen, H. (Award holder), Jacobsen, L. B. (Participant), Gammelgaard, L. R. (Participant), Iversen, S. (Participant) & Kraglund, R. A. (Participant)
01/09/2012 → 29/06/2030
Project: Research
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Humanistiske Konfliktstudier
Hansen, H. L. (PI), Cecchini, L. (Participant), Zetterberg-Nielsen, H. (Participant), Iversen, S. (Participant), Zetterberg-Nielsen, S. (Participant), Ifversen, J. (Participant) & McQuaid, S. D. (Participant)
15/11/2018 → …
Project: Research
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HSH: Humanistic Studies in Human Rights
Simonsen, K.-M. (Project manager), Laustsen, C. B. (Participant), Madsen, C. (Participant), Nielsen, C. A. (Project coordinator), Rainsford, D. (Participant), Andersen, F. (Project coordinator), Schulz-Forberg, H. (Participant), Hansen, H. L. (Participant), Lund, J. (Participant), Risum, J. (Participant), Bøndergaard, J. H. (Participant), Kjærgård, J. R. (Project coordinator), Munk, K. G. (Participant), Cecchini, L. (Participant), Lauritsen, P. (Participant), Baggesgaard, M. A. (Project coordinator), Böss/Bøss, M. (Participant), Jespersen, M. B. (Participant), Thorup, M. (Participant), Christensen, N. (Participant), Iversen, S. (Participant), Schaumburg-Müller, S. (Participant), Jensen, R. U. H. (Participant), Højlund, S. (Participant), Poulsen, T. (Participant), Knudsen, T. B. (Participant), Andersen, T. R. (Participant), Carvalho, V. M. D. (Participant) & Ladegaard, J. (Project coordinator)
10/09/2011 → 01/03/2016
Project: Research
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Globalisering og Kulturel Identitet
Hornbek, B. R. (Participant), Hansen, H. L. (Participant), Iversen, S. (Participant), Cecchini, L. (Participant), Caviglia, F. (Participant), Santamaria Colmenero, S. (Participant) & Zetterberg-Nielsen, S. (Participant)
21/04/2010 → 30/06/2020
Project: Research
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Fictionality and Literature: Core Concepts Revisited
Gammelgaard, L. R. (Editor), Iversen, S. (Editor), Jacobsen, L. B. (Editor), Phelan, J. (Editor), Walsh, R. (Editor), Zetterberg-Nielsen, H. (Editor) & Zetterberg-Nielsen, S. (Editor), Dec 2022, Ohio State University Press. 338 p. (Theory and Interpretation of Narrative).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Disruptive Communication in Political Campaigning: On the Rhetoric of Metanoic Reflexivity
Iversen, S., Aug 2022, In: Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 52, 4, p. 356-370 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Quantified storytelling: a narrative analysis of metrics on social media
Georgakopoulou, A., Iversen, S. & Stage, C., 19 Sept 2020, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 150 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Nimble Navigation: Narrative, Fictionality, and Metanoic Reflexivity in Presidential Rhetoric
Iversen, S., May 2021, In: Narrative. 29, 2, p. 258-274 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Retorik og metode
Iversen, S. (Editor), Bengtsson, M. (Editor) & Berg, K. M. (Editor), 2020, Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 307 p. (Medier, Kommunikation, Journalistik; No. 15).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Researching Digital Storytelling: Methods and Applications
Iversen, S. (Speaker)
18 Oct 2024 → 19 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Nordisk konference for retorikforskning, NKRF9
Iversen, S. (Speaker)
9 Oct 2024 → 11 Oct 2924Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Narratives of Democracy
Iversen, S. (Speaker)
9 Sept 2024 → 10 Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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International Society for the Study of Narrative
Iversen, S. (Speaker)
17 Apr 2024 → 19 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Nyskabende retorik!
Iversen, S. (Organizer)
12 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Prizes
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Modtager af Aarhus Universitets Ph.d.-pris for 2008
Iversen, S. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2009
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Press/Media
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Litterær forskning: En slumrende celle vågner
17/09/2006
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media